NotNotMike @ notnotmike @programming.dev

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I noticed this and the fact that Ctrl + Shift + L no longer autofills. That was my favorite feature but for some reason it has stopped working

I spend less than an hour a day, usually. I end up scrolling past a lot of the posts because they don't interest me and are more long form content, but I like to catch up on the memes and cats

I actually disagree on this one. The show made such bizarre choices and had unrealistic scenarios, it took me out of the story. I actually read the book because I was watching the series and was so confused by some of the story beats that I was convinced the book would explain the reasoning behind them.

Ended up just being mad at the series for not following the book more closely. The changes to the Prophet are just wild - taking a pedophile and making him a protagonist is just a poor choice, from my perspective... Even if you write out the pedophilia why you gotta make him have an army of kids?

One thing that always stuck out to me about the book is the introduction of certain editions. The author writes about himself researching the history of the country the story takes place in and describes it as real, saying he took his son to a museum with Inigo's sword and everything.

I was Googling furiously when I read it because I was so confused. I was astounded that the place (and people) was "real". It took a bit of research to find that the author just does this bit and hasn't let it go since he wrote the book

I'm still so charmed that he tricked me. It made reading the book that much sillier, for me

I've always found his videos so charming but I really wish they were longer and told a more engaging story. Like his Subway tales

I appreciate you being aware of the impact at least, it's all I can really ask. I hope you can find some way to limit the cat's impact on the environment, like perhaps a bell on their collar

And I'm glad you put food out for the birds. I do the same and I find such joy in watching them, they're truly beautiful :)

Okay, so your arguments are:

1. I haven't heard it's a problem, so it must not be
2. The breed is common and people aren't going to stop getting them so I may as well get another

(1) Is, hopefully, very obviously subjective. Just because you haven't seen a news article about it does not mean it's a problem. And unfortunately, being a couple thousand years old does not come close to the massive amount of time it took the ecosystems to get this way. By Earth's history standards, these cats have been there for a blink of an eye.

(2) Is never a good excuse to do anything. It's group think and it's a massive problem in society. I may as well justify owning slaves because "other people aren't going to stop". You surely see how nothing will change if everyone thinks that way.

I'm very glad to gear you neuter the cat at least. It's at least helping combat the issue a bit.

I just want to make the world a better place, that's all. I'm not trying to attack or shame you, I just want to save the birds (and cats) :(

If they're meant to be outdoors then don't feed and shelter them. That's giving them an unfair competitive advantage against both their prey and other predators. Every rodent a house cat kills is a rodent that another predator doesn't get. It leads to overpopulation and the eradication of their natural prey. In nature, if a predator's prey is over-hunted without human intervention, then predators die off and the populations correct themselves (predators die off or move until the equilibrium is reached again). This cannot happen if you feed the animals when food becomes scarce and heal them (veterinarian) when they are injured. You are interceding in natural processes.

If it's animal abuse then it's very simple: don't get the animal. No one is forcing you to get a cat (or Husky). If you can't care for an animal responsibly then don't get one at all. If you find one in the wild don't interact with it, and let it be wild - don't further damage the environment (more than we already have) so you can pet a cat once in a while.

I realize you aren't going to change your mind, you seem pretty dug in. So I implore you to at least ensure the animal is spayed or neutered, and to consider not getting a new cat once the current one has passed on. Please, it's just better for everyone involved.

Okay, if not for your own cat's safety then do it for the good of the environment.

House cats are non-native species who are subsidized by humans feeding them. Thus they can kill purely for pleasure and often do. Every year, house cats kill billions of birds (and rodents) and it's an ecological nightmare that is putting massive pressure on wildlife.

Please, just don't do it. It's unnecessary. You can create a stimulating environment inside and if you cannot then you shouldn't get a cat.

• Domestic cats and their impacts on biodiversity: A blind spot in the application of nature conservation law
• The small home ranges and large local ecological impacts of pet cats

I would look up your local paper specifically, if you haven't already. They aren't always going to show up in search results.

My local paper often does a brief "meet the candidates" piece for the city council, so you may find the same. Although they won't have everything all the time

Just checked this site out and it looks pretty superb on the surface. Each candidate has links to the sites and social media, their experiences and stances are aggregated there and there's an option to contribute more information.

The true test will be to see how it handles extremely local candidates like the school board, which I struggled to find information on in the last election.

Regardless of how many people do it, you can do it. Then you can have the "clean" interface you want

What do you mean by clean? Firefox UI is highly customizable, you can even add spacing where you want it, or select a more compact view

I really like the concept, and I see a store on their list that I've been to several times recently. Really makes me realize how addicted to buying books online I've become, rather than going in person.

My toxic trait is that I want to keep every book I ever read ..

Really surprised nobody has mentioned Better World Books yet. Good selection of books, most of the used books seem to be former library books, and they (at least claim) to donate books to charity with every purchase.

You can get really cool books for really cheap with their bargain bin sales too.

I've also tried ThriftBooks but I got too many bad copies - one book, Lord of the Flies, which was owned by a high schooler and had writing on every single page of the book and another book which clearly had urine of some kind on it judging by how obsessed my cat was with the yellow stain on the spine. Their edition picker is also terrible, very similar to the way Amazon handles their options to where different editions are all smashed into one page.

Zone 6a

We do have a couple containers of cat grass I rotate in so that they can have some to eat, but like you said getting a "lawn" out of the grass is difficult. It's usually very large, thick seeds that don't disperse very evenly

Boy this is... Something else

I would imagine its a case of mutually assured destruction. Neither wants to repeal it because they know once they do, they open up Pandora's box and Congress will be even more of a disaster than it currently is